A Co Cavan resident has been jailed for five months after she stole from a Cootehill retail store.
Judge Raymond Finnegan was told this week at Monaghan District Court that it was her 108th theft offence that she has encountered.
35 year old Ruth Oburu with an address at Lodge View, Cootehill, Cavan was sent back to prison for a shoplifting offence at Foy's SuperValu, Market Street, Cootehill on Sunday last.
The court heard, Ms Oburu walked into the supermarket to steal toiletries and groceries amounting to €20 just seven days after she had been granted temporary release from the women's Dóchas Centre in Dublin.
Judge Raymond Finnegan said that 107 previous convictions for theft out of a total 136 previous convictions was madness.
He convicted and sentenced Ms Oburu to five months in prison, insisting that the tariff represented a substantial reduction on what she would otherwise be facing. He said this was only as a result of her cooperation while in custody that she had shown towards Gardai which her solicitor had told the court.
